OpusVi and Laerdal Medical will offer simulation training and validation of competencies through the use of high-fidelity simulation mobile laboratories.
RT’s Three Key Takeaways:
- Mobile High-Fidelity Simulation Training: OpusVi and Laerdal Medical have partnered to deliver first-of-its-kind mobile simulation labs that bring advanced, high-fidelity nurse training directly to healthcare organizations, improving clinical readiness and reducing patient risk.
- Improved Nurse Retention and Safety: By combining evidence-based nurse residency programs with Laerdal’s simulation technology, the partnership has demonstrated dramatic workforce benefits, including a 92% nurse retention rate and a 51% reduction in medical error risk.
- Unmatched Data and Competency Validation: The integrated platform offers real-time data analytics for tracking nurse engagement, training ROI, and competency development—setting a new standard for workforce training and performance evaluation in healthcare.
OpusVi (formerly Dignity Health Global Education) has partnered with Laerdal Medical to pair Laerdal’s high-fidelity simulation technology with OpusVi’s innovative nurse residency and preceptor training programs to close critical skills gaps, improve nurse retention, and reduce patient risk at scale.
Through mobile simulation experiences, the partnership will bring advanced training directly to healthcare organizations of all sizes, empowering the nursing workforce with unmatched competence, confidence, and support.
Through the partnership, Laerdal and OpusVi will:
- Launch the first-to-market transition to practice program with preceptor training and high-fidelity simulation training
- Empower the nursing workforce with greater competence and confidence, resulting in reduced medical errors and improved patient safety
- Bring advanced training and evaluations directly to healthcare organizations of all sizes through mobile labs
- Set a new standard for training and competency validation in the nursing workforce
Competency-Based Training Provides Critical Support
OpusVi’s Nurse Residency, Preceptor and Mentor Training Program provides fully comprehensive evidence-based learning practices, high-impact content and curricula, seamless integration into hospital organizations’ Learning Management System (LMS), and rich data collection in real-time. This program has also shown exceptional results in addressing workforce challenges. Within CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, implementing OpusVi’s Nurse Residency and Preceptor Training program led to a 92% retention rate among new nurses, significantly reducing turnover and saving an estimated $16.3 million in annual labor costs in the first year alone.
Similarly, Laerdal has led the industry in helping organizations incorporate high-fidelity simulation technology, and associated analytic insights, to enable competency development and improve team performance through the utilization of patient simulation mannequins with realistic physiological capabilities. Laerdal’s technology has demonstrated success in reducing medical errors by offering a safe, controllable, and highly educational experience to nurses without putting patients at risk, with evidence demonstrating 51% risk reduction when utilizing simulation in the healthcare setting.
“High-fidelity simulation has consistently proven to be highly effective in clinical education, offering nurses a safe, controlled environment to practice and validate essential skills,” says Neil Weber, President, Laerdal Medical, SMS- Americas. “By partnering with OpusVi, we are extending the reach of this proven methodology to healthcare facilities that might not otherwise have access, ensuring broader adoption of advanced training methods to enhance patient safety, improve nurse competency, and ultimately reduce medical errors.”
By combining OpusVi’s expertise in workforce development with Laerdal’s validated simulation solutions and experience, the launch of mobile simulation experiences and corresponding analytic insights in combination with OpusVi’s Nurse Residency and Preceptor Training offering will set a new standard for competency validation, improve nurse retention and mitigate patient risk.
New nurses given access to this first-to-market experiential training will benefit from a safe controlled environment where they can practice critical skills, build confidence, and learn from high-stakes scenarios without jeopardizing patient safety. This approach not only accelerates their readiness for real-world challenges but also fosters resilience, reduces anxiety, and reinforces their ability to deliver high-quality care from day one.
